The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-22
Notes from Natchez.
NATcHEz. June l6. 1887.


persons from the State Capital. The ac-
cessions along the route filed the two
coaches-very good, considering the ex-
eessively hot weather, the high rate for an
excnrsion-one fare for the round trip-the
fact that the Kirmess was not sufficiently
advertised, and that the public mind has
been occupied with other and more serious
matters of late.
The special tram was complimented in
being conducted by the new General Man
ager OF the Little J., Capt. t. ]. Nicholl,
very agreeable gentleman, of great expert
ence in railroad affairs. A hot and dusty
ride Of FIVE hours, and we reached Natchez
at $50 p.m
The crops along the road especially be-
tween Raymond and Martin, are very
promising, and should the season continue
favorable, there will be as much corn and
cotton as can be gathered.
To write up the Kirmess as it deserves,
would require many columns OF space. In
all its details, it is a>grand success. The
Casino is about mile east of the city
limits, and is reached by the street cars
and special trains of the Little. ]. Judge
Thomas Reber is the protector and man
| ager of the whole affair, but he has had
the active cooperation of the commu-
nifty
! The first exhibition was given on Tues
day night. On the second night, as we en-
tered, the grand march was in progress
upwards of two hundred persons in the
costumes Of the several nations represent
ed, all moving to the music of the splendid
| Mexican Band. There must have been
fifteen hundred persons in the audience,
and in all our observation we have never
noticed more intense interest or a more
| becoming appreciation OF public exhibit
ton.
After the march of the nations, the
'Japs," Spaniards, Swedes, American In
dams, Egyptians nile Worshipers) and
| German peasants, rendered their national
| dances in the order named, all being APP
proprlately oostumed and keeping perfect
time.
This exhibition is very creditable to he
people of Natchez Indeed it seems mar
velous that a spectacle of such surprising
beauty and great proportions should have
been produced in so short time. The
profits, if any, viii go to charitable OBJ
iects, and you can always count on Natchez
people when charity is the basis of any
project.
! I have taken the liberty of suggestin g
| that we would be glad to have the Kirmess
in Jackson in the early fall, for the benefit
Of the Monumental fund A stage could
be erected in front Of the grand stand at
the fair grounds, and an audience of sew
eral thousand persons, for two or three
nights, would be assured. The Kirmess
people would al be entertained free of
charge in the homes of Jackson. The
railroads would all give very special rates,
and there seems to be no reason why sew
eral tn ,usand dollars could not be thus
realized, besides affording the public the
highest order of amusement This is an
opportunity that the Monumental Associa-
l1Dn clUulQ ul1llLS IL pOsSIDle.
Talking about charity, some of our par
ty visited the Nltchez Protestant Orphan
Asylum, and were accompanied by Mr.. G..
J. Bahin, and by three of the lady man
agers-Mrs. Minor, Mrs. Izod and Mrs
Bahin. The children were delighted to
see US, ana favored us with songs and reel
tations. All appeared to be happy, and
well cared for. Most of them go to school
the brightest scholars in the Natchez Insti-
tute. There are forty nine children now
in the Asylum, mostly girls. Quite a
number of them are very small, and sew
eral have been in the Asy lum from infancy.
They are discharged as soon as suitable
homes are offered them This is a most
deserving charity, and just now needs all
the help it can get. 1t has no income ex =
cept as the good Lord moves the hearts
and the pockets OF the charitably disposed.
The recent appeal OF Grand Master DeLap
has brought some relief to the treasury.
The Asylum is most economically man
aged, but the expense of feeding and
clothing fifty children is OF course consid-
cradle, and the managers are often dis
couraged But they have been depending
on the Lord for the nearly four score years
that the Asylum has been in existence, and
the children have never yet actually suf-
fered for shelter or bread. Amy person
that feels like helping this noble charity
should send contribution to Mrs. Mary r.
Fleming, treasurer.
While the city of Natchez is on no spe-
cial boom, progress and general improve
ment are everywhere apparent. The cree
ton of new residences in the suburbs, the
repair OF old ones, street railroads, the
construction of water works, cotton facto-
ries. oil mills and many other industries,
a splendid public school, churches, chart
table institutions, and well-sustained
press, all indicate a cultured, progressive
aud prosperous community.
Natchez is sadly in need of large,
frst-class hotel but in the meantime no
visitor need suffer for comfortable accom-
modations The Foster House keeps a
splendid table, furnishes good rooms, and
the three excellent ladies who manage it
viii make you feel "at home"
When Natchez gets another railroad or
two, the boom will then begin. She sub
seribed three hundred thousand dollars to
get the Fort Scott road, but there appears
to be a hitch somewhere. In the mean
time, the Little J =" will keep her in com
munication with the outside world. This
road will yet be extended to Columbus, and
to the coal and iron regions of Alabama,
but it viii require\something more than a
'Barnes-Crane Syndicate" to do it. Gen.
Martin will never be satisfied until the
road Is extended and made of standard
gauge.
The announcement of the death Of Col.
E. D. Frost, at McComb city, was received
here yesterday, with general regret He
was Tor several years the General Superin-
tendent of the Natchez and Jackson Road,
and had been in the railroad service of the
State about thirty years. Yours,
p.
The east bound passenger train on
the Southern Pacific Railroad, was ''held
up and robbed by band Of masked
men, at point one mile east of Flato-
MIA, Fayette county, Texas, between one
and two o'clock a. m. on the 18th inst.
Several thousand dollars in money and